Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-17
THANKS: WE'LL NOT CONE.
80 say the Pickett Committee to the
Philadelphia Brigade As
AOcia.iOu,

Al tie meeting OF the Executive Com.
mificc OF the PIckett-Divisi1n Association
helI saturday night Secretary Chlrle, +.
LocLT was directed TO reply 10 The inytt
ton extended by the Philadelphia Brigade
Association 10 the division to visit Ge'ty'-
bug IN July rs their guests. Mr.. L)chr
Yesterday sent The following:
JoLn ". Frazier. Esq., Secretary Phi'adelpha
BriCdce AssOciafioH:
Dear Sr.-1he cordial invitation extended o.
our division by your Brigade Association VA
laid before our committee. In reply thereto ]
am requested 10 tender you our sincere an
grateful thanks for the fraternal welcome aud
tho very catering terms thercin contained ,
10 express 10 your association the Assurance
that while this committee docs not feel itself
DOW authorized 10 accept the invitation 50
generously rendered, for the reason that thcif
functions have ceased, when AT their last meet
ing hey decided not to hold their reunion az
Gettysburg, they deeply feel and appreciate
all your Kind intention ami efforts for friend
ship sake.
when all lines between "a shall have for0yci
faded: that me survivors OF our Old digi-iJI
and hose Of your gallant brigade viii meei a.
Gettysburg 10 dedicate union monument
mot Tor what was once the I MOn side, bat "a
memorial for the gallant mon of both sides,
expressive Of the true Anercap- m)ttO, -
large country and large heart
Remembering only the devotion and courac
Of tho ulen who dared 10 sacrifice their live
AID limits Tor . cir principle and their com
Try. with s-uraucc Of friendship and fratcruG'
greeting, I remain yours very re- specially,
CHARLES =. LOEnR,
Secretary =. u. Association.
~ The meeting saturday night the opin
ion Was expressed By all that the time will
soon come when the Gettysburg Memorial
Association Will cone to PicGe'r> DH1.
ZION and urge that 4 monument - thr
memory Of the salant mfn OF the division
he erected where General Armistoid icll
Judge ClOpt0u, chairman OF The Executive
Comnitcc and member Oi the $40 com
ui.tCc which went to Getty shurc, con.
CURED in thi, opinion, ana Captain Reeve
lhouelt his suggestion for . union uonU.
npni would ne adopted ny the people North
and S0ulI in The course OF TIM.
C.piJn CioplOn stated That il m0nu-
meal (, ever erected where the assOcltti'n
wants il ana Whcic many northern men
gEG Influential journals demand tnAt %
shat, be II viii Ue surrounded by the m1nu-
u euiS Ct tLiriy.Gyc regiments OF infantry
aBd eight blisGdcN Of artillery OF The Union
amy, giving IT q place more prominent IN
war history than any other on the Aneri-
can continent.
MucD interest i, ieit in The general meet.
ING q the survivors Of the division 10 b.
he'd at Murphy's Hotel on Wedncslas
night. June lst, OF $ O'Clock, when The
wolOsitiJn 10 have rcLniOn ia Richmond
and erect monument over General Pick
cts grave IN Hollywood will be consid.
,rtd. TIE monument fund il still quite
large and is beng added TO daily. II l.
lrouosed to change the inscriptions on the
monument from - hat vas az first intended.
as tbe location 0f the monument is changed
from Gettysburg, and It will, IL i gene
faliv thought, he made much more costly.
Nj, jor Charles Pickett, OF Norfolk, hl'
invited the members OF the Pickett Com
ulllee 10 attend the memorial exercises o,
the Pickett. buchanan Post, Norfolk, on
Thursday, and mIny OF them viii 20.